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Linguistic acrobatics can’t mask Liberal energy policy mess

Despite their professed desire to bring down energy bills, the Liberals new energy policy is unlikely to do what it says on the tin.

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Ryan Cropp

How ‘Victorianisation’ became a new term of abuse

The state is suffering from a dramatic increase in episodes of violent crime and horrific machete attacks that have forced Jacinta Allan to finally...

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Jennifer Hewett

Labor pushes through net zero ‘hell’ as Liberals return to ground zero

The opposition’s shambolic attempts to carve out a position on net zero have turned into a rolling catastrophe - in sharp contrast to Anthony...

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Phillip Coorey

Why Epstein was never going away

The issue is Donald Trump’s Achilles heel – and the US president knows it. So do some Republicans wondering who will lead MAGA in a post-Trump...

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Edward Luce

The social media ban blind spot that puts your kids at risk

Roblox and similar platforms remain untouched. They’re excluded because they’re categorised as games, not social media.

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Sharbani Dhar

Infrastructure challenge mirrors Australia’s economic weaknesses

The persistent challenge will be to secure and grow the pool of private dollars to fund the next generation of infrastructure.

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The Afr View

Net zero is not like the Voice for the Liberal Party

There is no campaign playbook that the Libs can use against net zero because, in truth, they have not really fought for anything for years.

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John Roskam

This was not a process to settle net zero, it was an obstacle course

Like a cork on the ocean, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley chose to give everyone a say. By late Wednesday, net zero was as good as dead.

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Phillip Coorey

Liberals double down on net zero fiasco

The party’s debate over climate policy can’t obscure the political numbers. Sussan Ley lost control of her party and is scrambling to catch up.

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Jennifer Hewett

Will AI exposure grow our super nest eggs in the long term?

The best way for super funds to navigate the uncertainty and potential volatility is to be transparent about the risks to our super savings.

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The Afr View

Social media is fracturing Australian politics too. Just ask Sussan Ley

Radically different narratives are required from politicians to engage with voters’ wildly different cultural perspectives, heavily influenced by...

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Richard Holden

Don’t blame the palace, Whitlam brought himself down

It was Gough Whitlam, unaided, though warned by his closest advisers, who brought his government undone.

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David Kemp

If you’re waiting for another rate cut, read this first

The lower speed limit means the economy cannot afford as much income growth for people, and that living standards will increase by less than in the...

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John Kehoe

Working hard in Australia no longer pays off

When labour is taxed more than wealth, society is less civilised and not innovative. Diligence and dynamism are devalued, and living standards are...

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Alison Pennington

AI is waging war on white-collar jobs. It won’t end well

What was once a haven is increasingly looking like a house of cards.

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Adrian Wooldridge

Supermarket price controls: Labor’s latest confusion of means and ends

If the government wants to get better prices at the checkout for Australian consumers, then it should be trying to foster competition.

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Richard Holden

Economy’s flashing lights should drive Labor’s second-term agenda

Governments of both persuasions have dragged their feet on the measures needed to efficiently expand the economy, grow real wages and boost living...

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The Afr View

Trump sets out to seduce US households

With the United States government shutdown looking to be over, Democrats are now arguing over what is the best form of resistance to the president.

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Jennifer Hewett

Net zero is the right destination, but the road we’re on is broken

Australia must learn from the global reset already underway. We need an all-technologies approach that prioritises performance over ideology.

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Cristina Talacko

You know who believes in climate change? The sharemarket

Clean energy stocks and those that benefit from the rise in climate-fuelled disasters have absolutely trounced the S&P over the past five years.

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Mark Gongloff

How to stop the new merger regime becoming a shemozzle

The shake-up of the deal approval process will be unworkable unless the ACCC issues clear guidance on the waiver process as a matter of urgency.

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Sar Katdare

As descendants of Liberal MPs, we wish the Coalition had a rational climate policy

Labor’s approach has been erratically interventionist, slow and piecemeal. The Coalition could capitalise on that by offering a credible pro-market...

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